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It's been a beautiful November so far. It's still sweatshirt weather.

Bridget the German Shepherd dog's cyst surgery went well. We're so tired of getting her cut into though, so we're trying an over-the-counter wart/growth remover for animals that our vet approved in hopes of keeping her from going under the knife for a while. I bought her a dog stroller for me to be able to roll her up to vet appointments for laser therapy on her arthritic joints as long as it's not too icy outiside.

Samhain was quiet with low-key prayers and offerings of food and drink some ancestors liked when they were alive.

Crafting wise, I'm adding some leftover yarn to a crocheted afghan. After that, I plan on finishing a quilt I started last year.

 Work is busy after a long slow patch, so that's good. The dog is now on incontinence medication. Let's hope that helps. She'll start another pain med tomorrow. I also do Reiki and massage on her. I joked that she's like a little old lady with her daily pill box. "And these are for Monday, Tuesday..."

I found a few more charities to send crocheted items to. One is called Operation Gratitude for active service members, veterans, and their families. In between working on J's blanket, I'm making easy scarves to send.

I'm doing qigong from videos, which is helping me feel energized in the morning and more relaxed in the evening, I believe.

Craft therapy update: As per my usual MO, I'm working on several projects at once. I'm getting so close to finishing the Sherlock Holmes blanket, but I took a break to start a basic black infinity scarf from my favorite pattern. I wore the previous one I made to death, and I don't like to be without my basic black accessories ;).

I tried gel plate printing for the first time a week or so ago. I have a lot to learn, but it was fun to experiment with, and I think the results will make good collage papers or backgrounds for mixed media.

I made some rustic-looking rune and other Pagan and Heathen symbol ornaments for my shop using colored pencil on wood slices. Below is the one for the Fehu (money, increase) rune. 



I have some flat reed left over that I bought for a Brigid's Cross that I made years ago. My goal is to make some small ornaments with that, but I don't know if I'll get to that until January.

I made a small, lined, crocheted bag for a relative and added a carabiner in case she wanted to clip it on a belt or something else.



Supposedly, we're going to get a light snowfall today. Bridget will be ecstatic.

I'm very happy to start a new job in a couple of weeks. Bridget's yearly checkup went well, and she got her three-year rabies shot. Her dad took her for a burger after, lol. I started a new summery crochet afghan. My goal is to complete three this year with one of them being a gift for mom. I started two 12-pk trays of seed starters. They contain a mix of vegetables, flowers, and herbs.